Word: estado
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trousseau; the island was virtually devoid of natural resources and could barely feed itself. Only after World War II did Puerto Rico move from wretched poverty to the highest living standard in Latin America. It also achieved considerable autonomy under a unique political status called commonwealth by mainlanders and Estado Libre Asociado (Free Associated State) by islanders...
...message was initiated by C. Herbert Clemens, professor of Mathematics at Columbia University and former professor of Mathematics at Universidad Tecnica del Estado...
...group urged the OAS to "impress upon the Chilean government the importance of their respect for the rights of all individual citizens." They cited the reported imprisonment of Enrique Kirberg, rector of the Universidad Tecnica del Estado, as an example of Chile's violation of these rights...
Steady prosperity and the absence of stockholder pressure - the family retains sole ownership -strengthen the Mesquita's hand with the military. Apparently out of respect for O Estado 's influence, the regime seems to have ended its censorship of the paper for the time being. Yet the adversary relationship persists. The paper recently charged that a government candidate who had lost in the elections was using "Nazi-Fascist jargon" in suggesting that the elections be nullified. In the old days, O Estado would have been censored. Says Julio Mesquita: "Estado will not change its opinions. Under a totalitarian...
...staff is large enough - 445 reporters, stringers and editors - to pro vide the most comprehensive coverage of any South American paper. Despite a dull format, the paper is required reading for Brazil's professional classes. Such prestige brings in more advertising than O Estado can use. Though circulation is modest (198,000 daily, 300,000 Sunday), earnings this year may total $5.4 million...